I still can’t believe the twins are one-year-olds! This past year has been such a whirlwind of change with becoming a mom and moving to a new city all at once. I was so excited to really take a minute to properly celebrate the twins…
I sat down to write this post so many times throughout maternity leave, but I never felt like I had the mental capacity or the time to give it the attention it deserved until now. Now that I’m four months out and getting back into work, I’m finally hitting publish on my raw, real account of what postpartum was like for me. While you carry a child or children in my case, the excitement and nerves mount with every passing day for that glorious moment when the babies come into the world. Then, what unfolds afterward is magical, heart-swelling and, at times, just plain strange…
From swaddles to bottles, a list of the top 15 baby gear items we couldn’t live without after two whole weeks of parenting twins…
I really can’t believe that after over a year of trying to get pregnant, nine months of pregnancy, a global pandemic and a whole lot of cinnamon toast with extra butter, I’m finally sharing the birth story for our twins—Felix James and Penelope Rose Duffy. We welcomed them to the world on October 1st, 2020 at 6:41pm at Mount Sinai on the Upper East Side, weighing in at 5lbs 9oz and 5lbs 2oz respectively. Here’s the story of how it all went down…